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Wall-to-wall union at Mobilization for Justice. UAW, NOLSW, LSSA 2320

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Emma Whitford @eawhitford.bsky.social · 05/10/2023
“At least it’s something. The streets are hard, you know what I’m saying? Deadly.” citylimits.org/2023/10/04/t...
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‘This is Extreme’: Advocates Condemn Mayor’s Latest Ask to Suspend Adult Shelter Rights
In a new state court filing, the Adams administration is requesting authority to suspend the bulk of a 1981 decree that ensures shelter access for single adults.
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 03/10/2023
This is the biggest healthcare strike in American history. 75,000 members. Across job classifications. If you thought winning a $20 fast food minimum wage and a sector council, and demanding a $25 minimum wage for waffle house workers broke the right wings brains, just wait!
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 19/09/2023
No one has put this on bluesky yet so LEGO UNION LETS FUCKING GO (AND BUILD THE LABOR MOVEMENT) (via @unionelections.bsky.social)
Pictured is a filing from the National
Labor Relations Board website showing
a petition for certification of a labor
organization as the representative of a
collective bargaining unit. The employer is
Legoland located in Carlsbad, California.
There are 42 employees in the proposed
bargaining unit made up of ride engineers,
eater quality and administrative
assistants.
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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 20/09/2023
Unions have **trillions** of dollars in pension funds that could be a weapon to help the working class. But more typically that money gets invested in ways that fund the retirement of one generation of workers by exploiting the next generation. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/capitalism...
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Capitalism's Washing Machine
How the working class undermines itself with its own money.
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 19/09/2023
UAW President Shawn Fain responds to news of Trump’s plan to visit Detroit and possibly rally at a UAW picket line. We all need a little more Shawn Fain and a little zero billionaire class.
From UAW President Shawn Fain:
"Every fiber of our union is being poured into
fighting the billionaire class and an economy that enriches people like Donald Trump at the expense of workers. We can't keep electing billionaires and millionaires that don't have any understanding what it is like to live paycheck to paycheck and struggle to get by and expecting them to solve the problems of the working class."
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 16/09/2023
Beny is harvests apples in Yakima WA, earning a piece rate of $30 for every 1,000-pound bin he fills. To earn $100, he'd have to harvest more than 3,000 pounds of apples. #WeFeedYou
Farm worker standing in Yakima apple orchard next to 1000 pound crate of apples he's picked
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Read the book Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @jphillll.bsky.social · 17/09/2023
Teamsters refusing to ship cars during this UAW strike. Hollywood strikers joining Amazon workers picketing their warehouses. Thousands of people signing strike pledges, joining the picket line, and donating to strike funds. Solidarity is a verb. www.jphilll.com/p/what-is-so...
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What is Solidarity?
Autoworkers, Hollywood strikes, and how we can only win together
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Read the book Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @jphillll.bsky.social · 15/09/2023
It’s happening! At midnight thousands of autoworkers strategically shut down three huge plants. For the first time ever the UAW is striking the three big companies simultaneously. And all of us should support them, because this strike could help the whole working class.
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It's Happening: United Auto Workers Strike!
Why this strike is different than all the other strikes
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Johari Menelik Frasier @joharifrasier.bsky.social · 15/09/2023
UAW, SAG-AFTRA, and WGA are all on strike right now! Our entertainment and auto manufacturing industries are on strike right now! Union formation is booming! This is the most exciting, most powerful moment for labor in decades!
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Read the book Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @jphillll.bsky.social · 15/09/2023
It's happening!! The UAW will start their strike tonight, and for the first time in history they'll target all three big auto companies at the same time. At midnight tonight workers will begin to strike at one plant of each corporation. Let's fucking go.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 14/09/2023
It appears that Ford has taken the page listing their plant locations off their website. The link now just leads to a 404 error. UAW could strike the automaker at midnight tonight.
A not found 404 error at corporate dot ford dot com
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 13/09/2023
BREAKING: Marvel VFX workers have just won a historic first union in the visual effects industry. The workers who power the biggest superhero movies on the planet voted unanimously to unionize with vfxunion. This is a major first step for the industry, and Disney is next.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 11/09/2023
“You cannot make $21 billion in profits in half a year and expect members to take a mediocre contract,” said UAW president Shawn Fain. inthesetimes.com/article/auto...
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The Big 3 Have Just Days to Avert a Strike. Here's What Autoworkers Are Fighting For.
The Big Three automakers have made record profits in recent years. Now, union workers are calling for big raises, an end to tiers, a shorter work week and a just transition—with a strike potentially...
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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 12/09/2023
Everybody worries about the "cost" of strikes but nobody talks about the cost of not having strikes. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-cost-o...
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The Cost of Strikes
Ask instead: What is the cost of not striking?
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 11/09/2023
Whatever kind of bad PR week you’re having, never doubt your ability to make it worse.
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Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) @organizeworkers.bsky.social · 10/09/2023
when the foreman pulls you into the office, but you know your Weingarten rights
Soccer ref pulling a yellow card on a player, who returns with an Uno switch card
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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 10/09/2023
The Republicans have happily announced the terrible labor policies they plan to enact if they win the White House but nobody seems to discuss these when they talk about "populism" and shit like that. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/what-repub...
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What Republicans Plan to Do to Labor If They Win
Forget slogans. Here are the actual, awful policy proposals.
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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 10/09/2023
Drew Barrymore's attempt to explain why she's bringing back her show without writers is, among other things, a real lesson in why she needs writers
I own this choice. We are in compliance with not discussing or promoting film and television that is struck of any kind. We launched live in a global pandemic. Our show was built for sensitive times and has only functioned through what the real world is going through in real time. I want to be there to provide what writers do so well, which is a way to bring us together or help us make sense of the human experience. I hope for a resolve for everyone as soon as possible. We have navigated difficult times since we first came on air. And so I take a step forward to start season 4 once again with an astute humility.
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